ST. PAUL, Minn. - Like Ben Richards, the curse lives. Dan Cloutier played just 76 games through parts of two seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning. But his metaphorical ghost still haunts his former team just about every time they step on the ice in St. Paul at Grand Casino Arena (formerly the Xcel Energy Center) where the Lightning have only won three games in 25 years. And with just under three minutes left in the second period on Tuesday, something clearly spooked Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy. The only logical (or illogical) explanation is that the spectre of Dan Cloutier skated t...
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